In an age when technology is no longer just a tool but a language that shapes reality, The Bunker Magazine was created to narrate digital culture with a critical, curious, and mindful approach. We are an online magazine and an editorial lab that explores the connections between innovation, ethics, geopolitics, art, music, gaming, and the many expressions of the underground that inhabit the web.
Each week, we delve into the transformations running through contemporary society, starting from a simple yet radical question: what is changing, and how does it truly affect us?
From artificial intelligence to new digital languages, from internet aesthetics to shifts in the world of work, we observe the world with a wide perspective that blends analysis and imagination. The Bunker doesn’t chase trends: it moves through them. It doesn’t offer easy answers, but builds questions.
Every article, every column, every voice we publish contributes to shaping a coherent editorial ecosystem, designed for an active reading experience. Scrolling through our content means choosing to understand rather than passively consume, to stay present rather than get lost in the noise.
We believe that digital culture is not a passing phenomenon, but the place where the boundaries of the possible are being rewritten. This is why we tell the story of technology not as pure technical innovation, but as a cultural and social force that transforms thought, relationships, and identities.
To our readers, we offer a perspective that is clear and rigorous but never academic. We speak to those seeking a genuine space for analysis, capable of embracing complexity without flattening it. In a world where algorithms construct parallel realities, The Bunker chooses depth as a form of resistance. We observe, decipher, and narrate. And we do so with the conviction that understanding the present is the first step toward imagining a different future — more conscious, more human, more our own.
A freelance journalist, content creator, and social media manager, Alessandro Mancini graduated in Publishing and Writing from La Sapienza University of Rome. In 2016 he founded and directed Artwave.it, an online magazine dedicated to contemporary art and culture, where he served as editor-in-chief until 2020. His writing blends analysis with social sensitivity, maintaining a constant focus on issues of labor, inequality, and rights. In his editorial work, he explores the relationship between art and the digital society, examining how contemporary visual culture reflects the economic and political transformations of our time. With a direct and analytical style, he narrates cultural evolution through language that is accessible yet profound.
Class of 1999, she is a museum educator and mediator who combines historical expertise with a contemporary perspective. She holds a degree in Art History from the University of Florence, where she completed a thesis on the concept of reproducibility in crypto art, exploring emerging digital aesthetics. She collaborates with major cultural institutions in Tuscany — including Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi, the Luigi Pecci Centre for Contemporary Art, Fondazione Pistoia Musei, and the Museo del Tessuto — working in education and cultural mediation. In her articles, she addresses topics related to museum engagement and the interplay between art, technology, and the public, with an approach that blends rigor and narrative sensitivity.
A scholar of China and a photographer, she weaves together artistic and anthropological research to portray contemporary Chinese society. After earning a degree in Chinese Language at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, she lived in China from 2016 to 2020, completing a Master’s in Art History at the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou, with a thesis on the Buddhist iconography of the Mogao Caves in Dunhuang. She collaborates with China Files, where she curates the Chinoiserie column, and writes for various Italian and international magazines. Through photography and writing, she explores the dialogue between tradition and modernity, investigating how visual culture reflects the social changes of a globalized China.
A philosopher and digital artist, Francesco D’Isa has exhibited in galleries and art centers around the world, blending theoretical reflection with visual experimentation. After his debut with the graphic novel I. (Nottetempo, 2011), he published novels and essays with Hoepli, effequ, Tunué, and Newton Compton. Among his most recent works are La Stanza di Therese (Tunué, 2017), L’assurda evidenza (Tlon, 2022), Sunyata (Eris, 2023), and La rivoluzione algoritmica delle immagini (Sossella, 2024). Editor-in-chief of the magazine L’Indiscreto, he writes and illustrates for Italian and international outlets. He teaches Philosophy and Illustration in institutes and academies, pursuing research that interweaves thought, image, and technology.
An art historian specializing in new technologies and digital media, Laura Cocciolillo analyzes the impact of innovation on contemporary art. Since 2019 she has collaborated with Artribune, where she oversees columns dedicated to new media art. In 2020 she founded Chiasmo Magazine, an independent contemporary art journal that promotes a dialogue between visual languages and cultural experimentation. Since 2023 she has been a web editor for Sky Arte and curates the “New Media” column for art-frame, dedicated to digital art and post-internet aesthetics. With a approach that is both critical and accessible, she explores the boundaries between art, technology, and perception, offering a dynamic and informed vision of today’s visual culture.
Leonardo Bianchi is a journalist and writer, among the sharpest voices in Italian investigative journalism and media analysis. He contributes to Internazionale, Valigia Blu, and il Manifesto, covering politics, disinformation, and digital cultures. He is the author of the newsletter Complotti! (“Conspiracies!”), in which he explores the world of conspiracy theories and online radicalization. His latest book, Le prime gocce della tempesta (“The First Drops of the Storm”), examines the myths, weapons, and ideologies of the global far right. With a clear, well-documented style, Bianchi sheds light on the social processes unfolding across the web, offering a critical perspective on toxic narratives and the cultural dynamics of the contemporary internet.
Born in 1992, Martina Maccianti writes to explore the languages of the present and the future. Her research moves through the territories of desire, utopia, and transformation in search of new forms of thought and existence. In 2022 she founded Fucina, a project of outreach and reflection dedicated to emerging cultural imaginaries. Her writing blends a philosophical gaze with poetic tension, offering narratives that question the relationship between the individual and the collective in the digital age. With an intimate yet clear tone, she invites readers to rethink contemporaneity as an open space of possibility, where language and dreaming become tools of resistance and renewal.
An art critic and video game scholar, Matteo Lupetti analyzes the intersection of aesthetics, technology, and politics. He collaborates with Artribune, il Manifesto, and international outlets, focusing on digital art and interactive media. He has been part of the editorial team of Menelique magazine and the artistic direction of the Cretecon festival. In 2023 he published UDO. Guida ai videogiochi nell’Antropocene (Nuove Sido), an essay that rethinks video games as tools for understanding climate change and the emerging ecologies of the non-human. His research examines the video game as a critical language and as a space where contemporary culture redefines its relationship with the real.
Musician and clarinetist, Pierluigi Fantozzi (1995) combines academic training with experimental curiosity. A graduate of the Siena National Jazz Academy and the Conservatory of Bologna, he explores the connections between improvisation and electronics, also collaborating with the research center Tempo Reale. Since 2023, he has been part of the Controradio team, where he conducts interviews with key figures from the international music scene. As a presenter, he hosts Passabanda, a program that narrates the sounds and visions of the contemporary world. His artistic research moves across genres and technologies, blending jazz, sound design, and electronic culture into an ever-evolving sonic language.
Also known as Viola Valéry, she was born in Florence in 1996. A journalist, writer, and memer, she blends pop culture and critical reflection with an ironic, sharp-edged style. She graduated in Comparative Literature from the Sorbonne Nouvelle in Paris with a thesis on new forms of web writing, then continued her studies in cultural journalism at the City College of New York and the Treccani Academy in Rome. She collaborates with various editorial, cultural, and radio platforms — including Controradio Firenze and Radio Raheem Milano. In her work, she explores online culture, digital languages, and the collective imagination of the internet generation.
